Analysis of When Aurelia First I Courted



When Aurelia first I courted,
    She had youth and beauty too,
    Killing pleasures when she sported,
    And her charms were ever new;
    Conquering time doth now deceive her,
    Which her glories did uphold,
    All her arts can ne'er retrieve her,
    Poor Aurelia's growing old.

The airy spirits which invited,
  Are retir'd, and move no more,
  And those eyes are now benighted,
  Which were comets heretofore.
  Want of these abate her merits,
  Yet I've passion for her name,
  Only kind and am'rous spirits
  Kindle and maintain a flame.


Scheme ABABCDCD XEAEXFXF
Poetic Form
Metre 111110 1110101 10101110 0010101 100111010 1010101 10111010 11101 010101010 1010111 01111010 101001 11101010 1110101 1010110 1000101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 546
Words 89
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 200
Words per stanza (avg) 44
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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